# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=634 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 635 --- ## [How will infantry weapons evolve over the next decades?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-infantry-weapons-evolve-over-the-next-decades/782937)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2017, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-infantry-weapons-evolve-over-the-next-decades/782937 "2017-04-01T02:18:46Z")
What educated guesses can be made about the development of infantry weapons over the next few decades? What are some of the more interesting experimental infantry weapons/programs today? I’ll supply my own hypotheses in… --- ## [Addiction, Physical vs. Phychological](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/addiction-physical-vs-phychological/783423)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2017, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/addiction-physical-vs-phychological/783423 "2017-04-01T00:59:37Z")
Is there really a difference between the two if chemical reactions in the brain are responding to the source of addiction. Is there at least a very fine line. Quitting cigarettes again for about the 4th time. I don’t see… --- ## [Best automatic litter box?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-automatic-litter-box/783225)
**Author:** [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-automatic-litter-box/783225 "2017-03-31T23:36:41Z")
What would you say is the best automatic litter box? My multiple cat owning parents are getting older and I want to get them something that will help with their daily “mining for cat gold”. --- ## [Why aren't our brains considered " physical? "](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-our-brains-considered-physical/783444)
**Author:** [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-our-brains-considered-physical/783444 "2017-03-31T23:35:59Z")
Why the distinction between our brains and every other part of our body? Particularly related to illness when the question is often asked "is \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ physical or is it “mental?” Functioning well or not functioning well … --- ## [Bedroom door no longer latches. How to fix?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bedroom-door-no-longer-latches-how-to-fix/783254)
**Author:** [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bedroom-door-no-longer-latches-how-to-fix/783254 "2017-03-31T22:59:16Z")
Very recently, our bedroom door no longer latches when you pull it closed. The latch itself no longer is aligned with the strike plate. The latch is now lower than the hole in the strike plate. I’ve tried tightening a… --- ## [Is this a bed bug?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-bed-bug/783386)
**Author:** [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-bed-bug/783386 "2017-03-31T21:00:07Z")
We found a large bed bug a week ago in the bathroom. We got an exterminator to check for them but found nothing, we figure it was probably something one of us brought in from outside. We steamed the shit out of everythi… --- ## [Entering the UK With Porn on Computer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entering-the-uk-with-porn-on-computer/783201)
**Author:** [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entering-the-uk-with-porn-on-computer/783201 "2017-03-31T20:17:59Z")
Let’s say an American was traveling to London. This particular American has some pornographic images and videos on his computer (no, it COULDN’T be ME that I’m talking about!! :wink: ). I’m talking about an assortment… --- ## [Congress okays ISP to sell your browsing history](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congress-okays-isp-to-sell-your-browsing-history/783345)
**Author:** [@NiceGuyJack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NiceGuyJack)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congress-okays-isp-to-sell-your-browsing-history/783345 "2017-03-31T20:05:50Z")
Congress just cleared the way for internet providers to sell your web browsing history. It just needs Trump’s signature and I am guessing he will go ahead and sign it. I doubt he would veto it. So, I was thinking, what … --- ## [Startup message - on the speakers, not a popup, Windows license expired](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/startup-message-on-the-speakers-not-a-popup-windows-license-expired/783433)
**Author:** [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/startup-message-on-the-speakers-not-a-popup-windows-license-expired/783433 "2017-03-31T19:57:27Z")
I’ve searched the Microsoft site and not finding anything that matches what happened just now. I started up my PC and got a verbal message repeating itself on the computer’s speakers, saying something like “your license … --- ## [Would you rather be a quadriplegic, or be blind?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-be-a-quadriplegic-or-be-blind/783222)
**Author:** [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-be-a-quadriplegic-or-be-blind/783222 "2017-03-31T16:44:38Z")
Just wondering, because I just asked my husband this question and he and I had different answers. He’d rather be blind, because then he could at least still do things himself. I said I’d rather be a quad, because at le… --- ## [Holiday in Turkey: Structured Tour or Freeball it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-in-turkey-structured-tour-or-freeball-it/778173)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-in-turkey-structured-tour-or-freeball-it/778173 "2017-03-31T15:01:13Z")
I am planning on a trip to Turkey in the Spring, for about 6 days; probably Istanbul but especially Cappodocia, but I can’t figure out whether to do the “checklist” vacation where you pay a tour company and they take you… --- ## [In which month were you born?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-month-were-you-born/782928)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-month-were-you-born/782928 "2017-03-31T14:59:23Z")
Suggested by this thread, and particularly by this post, in which month were you born? --- ## [Vizsla owners: would you recommend the breed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vizsla-owners-would-you-recommend-the-breed/676174)
**Author:** [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vizsla-owners-would-you-recommend-the-breed/676174 "2017-03-31T13:39:13Z")
A friend and her husband have four young children, and are considering adopting a Vizsla puppy after Christmas (their previous family dog passed away a little over a year ago, and they’re feeling ready for another one). … --- ## [Honda vs Mazda](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honda-vs-mazda/783079)
**Author:** [@shh1313](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shh1313)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honda-vs-mazda/783079 "2017-03-30T19:54:52Z")
Time to buy a new car. First off I’ve got a 2005 Honda Accord. I currently have 156,000 miles and so far its given me no problems. I stay in top of required maintenance. I’ll soon be buying a new car and wanting opinion… --- ## [How do you pronounce "mayonnaise"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-mayonnaise/783229)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-mayonnaise/783229 "2017-03-31T10:25:23Z")
Personally, I try not to speak of it but if I’m ever in the unenviable position of having to utter it’s unholy name I usually say may o NAZE a la Louis Gossett Jr. in An Officer and a Gentlemen. --- ## [Do you still use a dedicated alarm clock or clock-radio?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-use-a-dedicated-alarm-clock-or-clock-radio/783176)
**Author:** [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-use-a-dedicated-alarm-clock-or-clock-radio/783176 "2017-03-31T07:00:18Z")
I’m curious if I’m the only dinosaur. Even though I have about a dozen Android devices in my house, I still use an old-fashioned clock radio to wake myself up when I need to get up early. What about the rest of you? Any … --- ## [Yay, I got my computer back! (upgrading to Windows 10)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-i-got-my-computer-back-upgrading-to-windows-10/783376)
**Author:** [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-i-got-my-computer-back-upgrading-to-windows-10/783376 "2017-03-31T01:50:56Z")
Was so sluggish. So Disabled Cortana Disabled One Drive Disabled Windows Update BOOM! :slight\_smile: Loving W10 but had to get rid of that stuff. Running sweet again. Any other suggestions? --- ## [List of horrors coming out of White House](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-horrors-coming-out-of-white-house/783314)
**Author:** [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-horrors-coming-out-of-white-house/783314 "2017-03-30T19:08:36Z")
This is in IMHO because clearly not everyone will agree what, if anything, our president doing is horrible. However I do but find myself unable to keep track of it all. Is anyone keeping a running list? If so, please sh… --- ## [Why Can't America Have a Grown-Up Healthcare Conversation? (YouTube video)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-america-have-a-grown-up-healthcare-conversation-youtube-video/783296)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-america-have-a-grown-up-healthcare-conversation-youtube-video/783296 "2017-03-30T18:47:27Z")
I think that both sides of the healthcare debate tend to gloss over a lot of the harder aspects and the tradeoffs that are necessary to move forward with healthcare. As President Trump learned (I think he was actually t… --- ## [Mother seeks vegence for her son](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-seeks-vegence-for-her-son/783238)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-seeks-vegence-for-her-son/783238 "2017-03-30T17:50:27Z")
So in Charlotte, North Carolina a woman is demanding her son’s killer be charged with a crime. The only problem is her so was robbing a Pizza Hut at the time at gunpoint. The male involved had lost job after job, includ… --- ## [Why shoplift deodorant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-shoplift-deodorant/783308)
**Author:** [@Anny\_Middon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anny_Middon)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-shoplift-deodorant/783308 "2017-03-30T16:23:31Z")
I walked into my local Aldi store a few weeks ago and happened on an odd incident: A couple of store employees had a man stopped at the front of the store and were directing him to unload merchandise he had apparently s… --- ## [Legal question-getaway driver culpability](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-getaway-driver-culpability/783262)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-getaway-driver-culpability/783262 "2017-03-30T16:07:15Z")
In Tulsa, three burglars were killed in a home invasion. The getaway driver is being charged with murder X 3. Now I get it when say a bank teller is killed in a robbery or even has a heart attack. I get the theory in ch… --- ## [Driving Relaxes me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-relaxes-me/783335)
**Author:** [@anomalous1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anomalous1)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-relaxes-me/783335 "2017-03-30T15:35:39Z")
Hi everyone. Background I had a rough time last night/today/yesterday with a break up and I am taking it unusually well. Not that I am complaining. I was so edgy and hurt and angry and confused whether or not to get b… --- ## [A serious suggestion for making police searches of homes less controversial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-suggestion-for-making-police-searches-of-homes-less-controversial/783219)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-suggestion-for-making-police-searches-of-homes-less-controversial/783219 "2017-03-30T14:30:18Z")
With suspicion of police so widespread these days and suspects often claiming that the cops planted something when searching their homes I think taking a leaf from the Ancient Romans could prove beneficial for all. In h… --- ## [Who wants to talk about reducing basic utility costs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-talk-about-reducing-basic-utility-costs/783184)
**Author:** [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-talk-about-reducing-basic-utility-costs/783184 "2017-03-30T14:26:32Z")
I am trying to budget down. I have had the same plans for a while. I’m paying about $190 for TV, internet, and landline, and about $90 for cellphone. I think my contracts are expired. Verizon says my plans will be just … --- ## [What is best way to get thru St. Louis at 6 pm on a weekday? \[Edited title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-best-way-to-get-thru-st-louis-at-6-pm-on-a-weekday-edited-title/783178)
**Author:** [@Mikmak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikmak)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-best-way-to-get-thru-st-louis-at-6-pm-on-a-weekday-edited-title/783178 "2017-03-30T06:01:07Z")
We are driving from Oklahoma City to Indianapolis. What is best way to get thru St. Louis at 6 pm on a weekday? --- ## [What is your favorite time of day (and why)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-time-of-day-and-why/783155)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-time-of-day-and-why/783155 "2017-03-30T05:36:28Z")
At those times of my life when I had to get up in the dark for work or school, I always enjoyed seeing the dawn. Too bad it happens so early. But my favorite time of day has consistently been that hour or so before the … --- ## [Driving: Flash to Pass -- A Polite Request in the USA, or Not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-flash-to-pass-a-polite-request-in-the-usa-or-not/782677)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-flash-to-pass-a-polite-request-in-the-usa-or-not/782677 "2017-03-30T05:19:05Z")
Flash to pass is more common in Europe: if a car comes up behind you and wishes to pass you, and if you’re in the fast lane, then that driver flashes the brights once or twice. Hopefully you’re minding your rear view mir… --- ## [Heroin addicts... do some of them lead "normal" lives?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroin-addicts-do-some-of-them-lead-normal-lives/782601)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroin-addicts-do-some-of-them-lead-normal-lives/782601 "2017-03-30T04:23:21Z")
Here is a news story about a couple who are suspected of dying from a fentanyl and/or heroin overdose. He was a pilot for Spirit Airlines. They lived in an upper-middle class home in Centerville, OH. (As a side note, I g… --- ## [Opening up a new 401k for tax purposes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-up-a-new-401k-for-tax-purposes/783258)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-up-a-new-401k-for-tax-purposes/783258 "2017-03-30T02:04:21Z")
So, I went to H&R block to do my taxes, as I do every year. This year, for the first time since we were married, my wife was unemployed for the entire year. My tax adviser suggested that we should max out a donation to h… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=633) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=635)